? PMPS 188.. shoot or not?

[Felix and Irina]

Hello everybody,
Hope you had a great weekend
Do you mind taking a look at my curve today?
Looks like I should continue with 1 U twice a day.

 

[Wendy&Neko]

1.0 unit looks good so far, though it's hard to really tell because last night's skip would have depleted the depot.

Can you monitor tonight? Since you are fairly new to the FD dance, SLGS would give you three options:
Between 150 and 200 (8.3-11.1 mmol/L), you have three options: a.) give nothing; b.) give a token dose (10-25% of the usual dose); c.) feed as usual, test in a couple of hours, and make a decision based on that value.

If you delay, your shot time tomorrow would be that much later. Another option is to wait 1/2 hour without feeding, and see if he comes up a bit more to a number you feel comfortable shooting.

 

[Felix and Irina]

Thank you. I just gave him food and 0.75 U, maybe even a little bit less. Will be checking his levels at +3 then +6 or 7. He likes to eat at evening time and at night. If numbers are low, will give him food. Hoping my plan will work out.

 

[Felix and Irina]

The instructions are a little bit confusing to me. According to the curve we should stay with the same dose which is 1u twice a day, but according to PMPS numbers, I should skip the dose which is decreasing a dose already.

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Once you get more data on Felix, then you'll be able to shoot lower numbers. Experienced people on SLGS will shoot as low as 90. But you are still learning Felix's patterns. So lower the dose tonight, and back to 1.0 unit tomorrow morning, provided the AMPS is high enough.

 

[Marvin's Mom - Nat]

another nice day for Felix, good job Irina. Like Wendy said, soon once you know how Felix reacts to lower numbers you should be able to shoot these lower numbers.

 

[Felix and Irina]

Thank you guys for the suggestions.. the anxiety level is so high, but support we get here is so encouraging.

 

[Felix and Irina]

Felix' s BG 45 @ +3.5, no symptoms.. just gave him some HC soft food. How often should I recheck?

 

[Chris/China (GA)/Garfield]

Check again at +4.....and as long as he's above 50, you can give him a little regular low carb food and test again at +4.5....then if all's good, test once more at +5.5

We generally want you to test for at least 2 hours past the time you have to feed any high carb food to make sure they stay up ......if they drop back down again and you have to feed HC again, that 2 hours starts over

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Good catch on that 45. Felix has earned a reduction. His new dose would be 0.75 units.

I hope he comes up for you now.